Seed Saving Tips

Research and data strongly suggest that a network of intentional community businesses could fill a real need for both customers and business owners.

A recent article in Times Live explores “the green life” at Khula Dhamma eco-village in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. In a place where being able to use an iPod depends on the weather; your supper grows in the vegetable patch outside your window, and you’re forced to know where your num…

The communities movement and the natural building movement share the goal of forming meaningful relationships–with other people and with one’s own home. In fact, natural building practically demands community.

Thanks to a magic borne of community, a five-year-old overcomes her fears.

Ten European ecovillages show the way to a brighter future.

The “public vs. home” debate brings lessons of moral relativism, humility, and tolerance for differing tastes.

After a journey from nuclear family life through student coops, an ecovillager finds rich opportunities for intimacy, in many diverse forms—not just with lovers and family.

Chronic illness presents challenges but also gifts of insight to a long-time communitarian.

The Energy Action Coalition, the “Hub of the Youth Climate Movement,” has hosted four Power Shift convergences for young climate activists since 2007. This year, the event is expanding into four regional convergences taking place in Philadelphia, Detroit, Orlando, and the West Coast: “Power Shift b…

Becoming a general contractor for a project way beyond one’s abilities can be a powerful, humbling, community-building learning adventure, especially when the house is made of horse manure.